Category Archives: Avon/Harper Collins

The first time I saw my book in the Harper Collins online catalogue (which happens surprisingly early in the publishing process) was like driving down the street and seeing one of my sons, driving their own car. I struggled to place the grown-up novel I’d last seen in a three-ring binder on the shelf near my desk.

What are you doing here?

I beheld my own creation, out in the world–no longer accessible for me to correct, revise, or completely rewrite entire sections. But apparently managing just fine without me, nonetheless. And then I noticed my novel sporting something I hadn’t created. A subtitle. Hmm. Like discovering someone new in the passenger seat.

MY JANE AUSTEN SUMMER: A SEASON IN MANSFIELD PARK

I like it your new subtitle. I really do. I’m glad to meet it and so happy that you two got together, although I had nothing to do with it. You make a perfect couple.